Tokyo, March 1 (Jiji Press)—University and other students in Japan who are due to graduate in spring 2018 kicked off job-hunting activities on Wednesday, when companies were allowed to start offering seminars to provide information about them, including their business operations, for the upcoming graduates.
The job-hunting season is expected to last effectively for only some three months, with …(More)

To follow up on my previous article about shūkatsu, Japanese students’ hunt for post-graduation jobs, in which I discussed this annual ritual in the context of the changes in Japanese society, here I would like to offer an overview of the job hunt for women students.
The current generation of older people may still harbor an image of the students at women’s universities as taking jobs with top-…(More)

Foreign tourists are now an everyday sight on the streets of Tokyo. One wonders what they make of the young Japanese men and women they see wearing uniform black suits, showing less individuality than even the typical “salaryman.” They are evidently not businesspeople, but what are they? The answer: These are Japanese university students suited up to hunt for post-graduation jobs.
A distinctive…(More)

In an age calling for an increasingly globalized workforce, there is widespread alarm about declining standards in the Japanese education sector. Where do the problems lie? Kariya Takehiko, a sociology professor who has taught at universities in Japan and England, analyzes the current situation.(More)